FRHD 3090 Chapter 12: Chapter 12

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3090
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Chapter 12: social determination of ethnic/racial inequalities in health. Differences in health across ethnic groups, in terms of both morbidity and mortality. The significane of social determinants, particularly the social inequalities that ethnic minority groups face, remains the subject of considerable debate. Some claim that social and economic inequalities makek a minimal or no contribution to ethnic inequalities in health. Others suggest that even if they do contribute, the cultura and genetic elements of ethnicity must also play a role. Other argue that ethnic inequalities in health are predominantly determined by socio economic inequalities. Interpretations often fail to account for the complexity of the social and economic inequalities faced by ethnic minority groups - a complexity that cannot be fully captured by simle measures of socio-economic position such as class or education. The non-white populations of the us and uk hae quite different histories and a quite different composition.